Ref: G9/OL-17764

Contract Type: Fixed term Maternity cover until January 2020

Salary: Grade 9 (£38,052-£41,846 p.a.)

Hours: 36.40 per week

Based: Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham OL1 1UH

Closing date: 19th June 2018

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC

Secondments for this position will be considered.  

Role overview 

Working within the council’s Housing Service, you will be responsible for all work streams relating to fuel poverty, affordable warmth & energy efficiency, including any staff, contractors and budgets relating to these. Most importantly you will be coordinating the award winning Warm Homes Oldham scheme, a Partnership funded project using a holistic approach to help residents out of fuel poverty. 

• To ensure effective development, co-ordination and delivery of Oldham’s Affordable Warmth Strategy with partners in health, housing, the voluntary sector and other agencies 
• To bid for, develop and implement energy efficiency and fuel poverty initiatives targeted at areas and communities in greatest need throughout the Borough
• Ensure raised awareness of affordable warmth/ fuel poverty issues among residents, health professionals and Oldham Partners.
• To effectively manage contractors to deliver the Warm Homes Oldham service and ensure quality outcomes for residents
• To manage staff and budgets in relation to the delivery of the current fuel poverty initiatives in the Borough. 

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

• Have experience of working in the field of fuel poverty or energy efficiency and proven track records of delivering outcomes and working to targets
• To be educated to degree level or equivalent
• Experience of strategy and policy development
• A competent knowledge of affordable warmth issues, including energy efficiency, fuel poverty, health and housing-related issues.
• A good understanding of the UK energy market and funding options available
• Experience in contract management and procurement of contractors
• Experience of managing budgets, financial forecasting, spend and monitoring
• Proven track record of bidding for funding and income generation 
• Good communication skills including the ability to articulate a vision, write and present clear, concise reports to a wide range of audiences

You must seek approval from your line manager prior to applying for this position. 

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Oldham is committed to developing a co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  

Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities. 

We have a clear set of values and behaviours. Our values outline how we do business and how we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. We have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the values and behaviours at https://www.greater.jobs/content/0/working-for-oldham 

To find out more about who we are, what we do and why you should join us please visit our dedicated careers pages where you will also find useful guidance on how best to complete the application form:   http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200270/working_at_the_council

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.